Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To arrange or deal with in order of importance.
- v. To put things in order of importance: "Everyone should take time to be alone, to prioritize and meditate” ( Art Linkletter).
Wiktionary
- v. transitive, intransitive to arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance
- v. transitive to rank something as having high priority
WordNet 3.0
- v. assign a priority to
Etymologies
- From priority + -ize. (Wiktionary)
- priorit(y) + -ize. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I never thought I'd be using the word prioritize in my life" says”
“One of things that we need to prioritize is to cleanse our society from this phenomenon of terrorism and all its challenges in order to save Iraq, the Iraqi wealth and the Iraqi citizens from the administrative corruption.”
“And when I would start going to see shows and see bands kind of prioritize things wrong, to my mind, not prioritize the momentness of a show or not prioritize the physical experience of a show, instead prioritize making sure they don't make mistakes or prioritize trying to faithfully represent a pre-recorded piece of material, I felt like that was just wrong.”
“So if you want video, and YouTube won't pay Verizon to provide it, then Verizon can "prioritize" other traffic.”
The Huffington Post: Rep. Alan Grayson: Verizon-Google: There's a Hard Rain Coming
“Executives gave no indication of additional price cuts to those announced last month, but cautioned that they may choose to "prioritize" revenue growth over profit margins for now.”
“In an e-mail sent April 16, NASA's Constellation program manager, Jeff Hanley, instructed his managers to "prioritize" all the resources they have at their disposal under this year's budget to plan for test flights of prototypes of the troubled Ares I rocket that Obama aims to cancel.”
“In its report, Treasury stated that in weighing whether to exercise its option to appoint directors, it would "prioritize" institutions in part based on whether the government's investment in the bank exceeds $25 million.”
The Washington Post: More banks missing TARP dividend payments
“I remember first hearing "prioritize", instead of "set priorities", and I railed against it.”
“Merck must "prioritize" which vaccine to make, because of a limited supply of varicella, Eisele said.”
“Limit your work-in-progress to which is added a third, "prioritize".”
Lists
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